Since October, I’ve had my head buried in the manuscript and my editor’s recommendations, which mostly involved expanding the story. After much rewriting and reediting, I’ve passed my manuscript back to my editor for her final review. The original manuscript weighed in at 88,000 words. This one’s nearly 180,000!

If you’re wondering, that’s big for a novel. “Novel-length” typically starts around 80K words.

So, doing the math… there’s a possibility that I really have two books on my hands, not one!

If so, I would almost certainly not release them simultaneously. I’d need to secure cover art for the second, never mind make the edits necessary to provide a smooth transition from part 1 to part 2. I’m waiting to see whether my editor even thinks it’s a good idea.

Plus, there are other possibilities. My editor may send me back to the drawing board, or recommend edits that reduce the word count substantially. (I’m really hoping I won’t have to make huge edits from here, but you never know.)

I just wanted to share the latest with you! Thanks for your continued interest, and I hope to have more news for you soon!